18 named in this weeks squad and only Hurrell on dr. Whatever your views on dr i would of thought if we are going to use it now would be the time to get a few bodies in from saints with them having close to fully fit squad.

I don't agree..Eastmond is doing a fantastic job with the players he has and they should get the shirts first.DR should only be used when gaps in the squad arise as per Hurrell...

Agreed Eastmond is doing fantastic and with our own players getting the shirt first.

With the squad we have there may be some benefit in seeing who could become available eg from Saints on at least short term loans instead of DR so they get used to how he wants to play and he gets a closer look at them but whatever he does I trust him to know what’s best in who to choose and the timing of doing so.

Can see it both ways, it don't look great that we can't name a 21 man squad on a regular basis but if those 18 are fit then it seems pointless bringing players in just so we can fill out the squad with no intention of playing them. And given how we have played there is no reason to bring anyone in to the 17 at this stage.

I am not pushing for us to use dr quite the opposite i just remember last year with a slightly bigger squad after the transfer deadline if a player as not played at least 5 games on dr then he can not be used on dr. With the size of our squad and being under special measures Kyle needs to keep this in mind.

Yes,good point..the complexities of all these rules can cause huge problems later..what special measures are we under ? If it was explained last night I missed it..we haven’t signed a player for months are we not allowed to ?

It has been rumoured but not reported by the club that by receiving an advance from the rfl at the backend of last season put us in special measures, similar to the salford debacle but on a smaller scale . It's my guess on reading between durgans response to player recruitment that there is some restrictions on signings and I would hope that once revenue comes into the club in the form of home games against barrow , batley , fev n bradford provided we get reasonable attendances should be able to pay the rfl loan back and take us out of special measures giving us freedom to sign more players. That's how I read it anyway.

McCarron not only out for this week but notice he has been charged with a grade D, fined and got a 2 match ban.

RFL Disciplinary. Owen McCarron (Halifax Panthers) – Opposition: Sheffield Eagles – Grade D Head Contact – 2 match suspension and a fine – Penalty Points: 15 – Total Penalty Points in previous 12 months: 16

Must be for the one where the lad went off for an hia.

Yep. Frustrating that this week won’t count.

I didn't quite make it today ........ in the pub with the Fax top on but the weather was terrible! So I stayed in the pub for a cosy few pints. Now .... if the club hadn't charged the booking fee I'd have gone having paid for an advance ticket! I wonder how many other fans did the same? I bet the crowd didn't even top 1.5k ...... well, I told you so! How did Hurrell play?